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*Can evolutionary thinking improve society—or does it inevitably lead to harmful social policies?*
Quayshawn Spencer argues that evolutionary concepts such as competition, cooperation, and dependence can be socially beneficial or harmful depending on how they are applied.
0:00 Evolutionary Thinking and Social Darwinism
1:26 Where Social Darwinism Helps and Harms
3:36 How Evolutionary Ideas Should Be Applied
*Quayshawn Spencer* is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy and Undergraduate Chair at the University of Pennsylvania.
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*Can evolutionary thinking improve society—or does it inevitably lead to harmful social policies?*
Quayshawn Spencer argues that evolutionary concepts such as competition, cooperation, and dependence can be socially beneficial or harmful depending on how they are applied.
0:00 Evolutionary Thinking and Social Darwinism
1:26 Where Social Darwinism Helps and Harms
3:36 How Evolutionary Ideas Should Be Applied
*Quayshawn Spencer* is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy and Undergraduate Chair at the University of Pennsylvania.
*More from Quayshawn Spencer on Closer To Truth:*
* Philosophy of Biology - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pI44Mgu6SGECQL2bKcE4dmc
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/quayshawn-spencer
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Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Cosmos #QuayshawnSpencer #SocialDarwinism #PhilosophyOfBiology
